Laundry collar-finishing machine



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UNITED STATES JOHN CHANT AND EDWARD PETER RYAN, OF FELIXSTOWE, ENGLAND.

LAUNDRY CGLLAR-FINISI-IING MACHINE.

Application filed August 30, 1926, Serial No. 132,628, and in Great Britain August 28, 1925.

This invention refers to a new or improved constructlon of machine for laundry finishing stand-up or s1ngle st1fl:' collars, that 13 to say, dampening, ironing and curling said collars after being washed, starched and ironed flat. p

In a machine for thi purpose, it is desirable that it shall be capable of dealing with collars of various sizes and shapes, and that the collars should be dampened and ironed on the top edge only. It is also desirable that the collars shall be curled to a circle and not to a spiral or like shape.

The invention has for its object to provide a machine capable oi automatically etfecting said operations in a simple and effective manner, the machine being self-contained, or its parts being incorporated with other collar finishing machines.

According to the invention, the machine comprises 'a dampener over which the collars will pass top-edge downwards, guides being provided for guiding the collar under treatment on to and from said dampener, the operating part of the dampener being in the form of a convexity and the guides being disposed so as to allow the collar (no matter what its shape) to make contact with the convexity at all points in its length as it passes forward. Said machine also comprises an iron or ironer, over which the collar rides top edge downwards, the ironer also presenting a convex surface for the collar-to ride over, and thus make cont-act (no matter what its shape) with the ironer at all points of its length. The guides lead the collar from the dampener to the ironer. Following the ironer is a set of curling rollers, which curl the collar after being ironed and deliver it in a more or less circular form into a suitable receptacle.

Above the ironer and also extending above the dampener is an inverted channel-shaped guide, which by means of its own weight or springs, holds the collar with a gentle pressure against the dampener, and with a somewhat greater pressure against the ironer, said guide also serving to hold the collar upright and to accommodate collars or vary ing depth.

Upon the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section, and

Fig. 2 is a plan of a single stiii collar finishing machine with the invention applied.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detail.

Fig. i is a side View of a further detail.

Fig. 5 is a further plan, but showing the parts of the improved single stitlf collarfinishing machine combined with these of a doubledet'old stitl' collar finishing machine.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 23,62 is the dampener, which will usually consist of a fabric covered roller, rotatably mounted over a trough i) containing water. 0 is the channel-shaped guide made of tinned sheet metal or other suitable material for leading the collars, one by one, top edge downwards on to the dampener. Such guide is preferably inclined, and at its upper end lies somewhat below the highest part of the dampener, whilst the bottom of the channel practically forms a tangent to the periphery of the dampener, so as to allow collars of varying shapes along their top edges to contact at all parts of such edges with the dampener. d is the channel-shaped guide behind the dampener, and e is the iron or ironer, the guide d extending from the dampener to the ironer. This latter is in the form of a heat ed rotatable grooved roller,- the guide "a? leading the collar into the groove of the roller, and the bottom of the groove being above the level of the bottom of the guide (Z,

so as to accommodate collars of various shapes in like manner to the dampener. The ironer is hand or power driven. The feeding of the collars into contact with and over the dampener serves to rotate the dampener.

Above the ironerand also extending above the dampener is the inverted, channclshaped lever-like guide f, which is pivotally supported in fixed slotted brackets 5 the pivot being free to rise and fall in the slots oi the brackets, and the guide, as awhole, being free to adapt itself to the depth of collar to be treated, and by means of its own weight, or added weight, serve to hold each collar with a gentle pressure against the dampener, and with a somewhat greater pressure against the ironer owing to the guide being heavier at the part above the ironer than at the part above the dampener. Said lever-like guide in addition to applying pressure to the collars, also serves to free or inlet end the guide is flared to allow the collars to readily enter the groove or channel. Such flared end extends over the guide 0 to help the collars to find their way under the guide f.

M, [2, h are the curling rollers, and j is the channel-shaped guide between the ironer and curling rollers. The curling rollers and their mounting are similar to those described in the specification of Patent 1,591,- 931 and include a curved scroll-like member or guide h by which the collars, after leaving the curling rollers, are directed on tochute h, down which they slide and finally fall into a receptacle ironed and curled.

The ironer and the curling rollers are driven from the same source of power through suitable gearing and the ironer is driven at a higher speed than the curling rollers, so as to put a gloss on the collars while passing over it at a slower speed caused by the slower speed of the rollers. The friction of the guides f and j serves to check the forward movement of the collars until they engage the curling rollers.

The lever-like guide 7' may be reversed, i. e., arranged with its free end over-lying the ironer and the pivoted end flared, see Fig. 3.

The various parts will be mounted on a base or stand Z common to all. And, as shown in Fig. 5, they may be mounted on a base or' stand whereon are also mounted theparts of a double-fold collar finishing machine, thus providing two machines in one, and enabling the operator to treat either double-fold collars or single stand-up collars, at will.

In the example shown the parts for dampening and ironing double fold collars are marked m and a respectively whilst those for dampening and ironing stand-up collars are marked a and 6..

The doublefold collars are guided to the curling rollers If, h and if by guides e, e. The stand-up collars are guided to the curling rollers by the guide The parts for treating double-fold collars will preferably be such as are described in Patent No. 1,591,931 the one set of curling rollers serving for both types of collars.

V hat we claim is:

1. A machine for finishing stand-up or single stiff collars comprising a circular convex dampener over which the collars i pass top-edge downwards, a circular convex ironer over which the collars pass one by one top edge downwards, and a set of curling rollers between which the collars pass endwise, the ironer being driven at a speed in excess of that of the curling rolle and the guides being arranged to guide the collars to and over the dampener, from the dampener to and over the ironer, and from the ironer to and between the curling rollers, and means whereby one of said guides serves to apply downward pressure on the collars as they pass through the machine, substantially as herein described.

2. A machine as claimed in claim -1, characterized in that the dampener comprises a fabric-cowred roller running in a trough of water, and the ironer comprises a heated grooved roller, and in that the guides are of channel section and lie with the bottom of the channel below the upper part of the dampener and ironer, so that the top edge of a collar is dampened and ironed at all parts of its length, substantially as herein described.

3. A machine as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the one of said guides extends over the dampener and ironer and is channelled, with the channel facing down wardly, and the means whereby the guides serves to apply downward pressure on the collars is a slidable and pivoted connection with the frame of the machine, whereby the guide is free to rise and fall to accon'nnodate itself to collars of different depth and shape and by its weight holds the collars against the dampener and ironer.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

JOHN CHANT. EDWARD PETER RYAN. 

